Month: September 2023

“Si Tú Me Quisieras” (If You Loved Me) by Mon Laferte, English translation

“If You Loved Me” Lyrics Translated
Album: Mon Laferte Vol.1, 2015
Style: Pop rock, ballad. Post-breakup song about fighting to forget the other person, and also being upset that things would be fine if the other person just loved them.
Country: Mexico
Listen: YouTube [song begins at 0:48]

Lyrics Translation:

Me despedí, pero te mentí,
No me quería alejar.
Disimulé, me aguanté,
Pero es que ya no puedo más.

I said my farewell, but I lied,
I didn’t want to distance myself.
I pretended, I bore it,
But it’s just that I can’t take it anymore.

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“Todo Fue Por Amor” (It Was All For Love) by Carla Morrison, English translation of the Spanish version

“It Was All For Love” / “Everything Was For Love” Spanish Lyrics Translation
Album: Todo Fue Por Amor (de la película “Con Esta Luz”), It Was All For Love (from the movie With This Light), 2023
Style: Alternative/indie, wholesome long about love. This song is part of the soundtrack for a 2023 movie about the life of a nun, Sister María Rosa Leggol, who helped 87,000 children in Honduras out of poverty and/or abusive situations. [Trailer for With This Light at YouTube]
Country: Mexico, USA (Arizona)
Listen: YouTube

Lyrics Translation:

Dentro de mí fue que nació
En cada impulso, mi corazón.
Buscando el camino,
La luz me guió,
La luz me guió.

It was within me that it was born
With every impulse, my heart.
Searching for the way,
The light guided me,
The light guided me.

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“Pan y Miel” (Bread and Honey) by Los Tigres Del Norte, English translation of lyrics

“Bread and Honey” Lyrics Translated
Album: Pan y Miel (Bread and Honey), 2023
Style: Duet ranchera recounting the first conversation between two friends, discussing the same woman and trying to figure out each other’s intentions. It is a cute song.
Country: Mexico
Listen: YouTube

Lyrics Translation:

Me gusta recordar la historia de como nos conocimos.
Yo bien preguntón y aqui mi compa’ tan enojón.

I like to recount the story of how we met.
I very full of questions and here my guy so irritable.

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